.....if you knew nothing else, you'd be somewhat suspicious of any "factory original" stock with so much figure in the wrist. And that observation applies to literally every firearm WW ever made - from lever guns on up the ladder.
M12 pictured below is '47 plain barrel skeet (so marked under serial) w/ factory collet adjustable Cutts. Stock has Winny butplate and grip cap but I haven't pulled it to see if there's a stamp under the buttplate or at the head. Look at the wrist area. Looks color marbled much as does the main body of the stock and near as I can tell, the main grain cleavage is at a diagonal to the long run of the stock. Not saying that's a good thing; just the way it is. Maybe the exception that proves the rule or the exception that invites speculation that they weren't "that" fussy?
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